Jul. 4th, 2009

fajrdrako: ([Comics])


This morning I read X-Men, Children of the Atom. That's also the name of a video-game. Well... good name.

The comic is by Joe Casey. I'm never sure what I think of him as a writer; in this one, he had good themes, but missed the mark emotionally. It's the story of the beginnings of Xavier's Academy, how Professor X gathered together that initial group of adolescent mutants who were already his students in X-Men #1.

Interesting theme, and not an unpleasant read. But the characters were too one-dimensional: Scott Summers in particular, too much the scrawny Oliver Twist; Jean Grey too much the sweet innocent; Warren too much the glamour boy. And Xavier - not sure what too make of him. Too much a crusader? But he has to be. Just not quite sympathetic enough.

I did like his FBI liaison man, caught between the anti-mutant establishment and his sympathy for the persecuted children. I also liked Starkey, the mutant-fighting punk who turns out to be a mutant empath - his own worst nightmare. And speaking of nightmares, I liked Jean Grey's night terrors, lashing out telekinetically from dreams not even her own. I liked it that Scott Summer's evil foster-father was named Winters.

I didn't like this version of Magneto, a vicious madman as bad as the other villains. I prefer a proud, powerful Magneto who may be a megalomaniac but who has a rational cause, and who is driven by prejudice but not hate.

Most of all, it felt odd reading this comic from only ten years ago, and thinking how old-fashioned it was in style. Part of that may be a reflection of its retrospective content - really, it's a prequel - but comics have changed a lot in ten years.

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Happy Fourth of July to my American friends.



fajrdrako: ([Torchwood] - Jack/Ianto)


Listened to Torchwood: the Dead Line. I listened while walking downtown to meet a friend for lunch; walked through the Rideau Centre with a goofy schmoopy smile on my face, so thoroughly enjoying all the mushy parts. "A blip in time." Awww. Love those guys.

ExpandNow, are any of us ever going to use our cell phones while driving again? )

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